Improvement in sad-irons



2 Sheets Sheet 1. J. W. WILLIAMS &- N. E. WARREN.

Sad -Iron..

- Patented May 27, 1879.

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UNITED DATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN W. WILLIAMS, OF GHAGRIN FALLS, AND NATHANIEL E. WARREN, OFCLEVELAND, OHIO; SAID WARREN ASSIGNOR TO ADAM (J. VVIL- LIAMS, OF SAMEPLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD-l RONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,781. dated May 27,1879; application filed March 13, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN W. WILLIAMS, of Chagrin Falls, and NATHANIELE. WAR- REN, of Cleveland, both in the county of Guyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad- Irons;and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to sad-irons; and it consists in the combinationof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view, in longitudinal vertical section,of our sad-iron. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is aplan View, with a portion of the handle broken away.

A is the body of a flat-iron, which may have any desired shape ordimensions. It may be made self-heating or otherwise, as in respect tothe construction of the body we do not claim any invention, andtherefore do not limit ourselves. Attached to or cast as a portion ofthe body A are the three posts or studs B B and B. The stud or post B isbeveled upon its inner face, and undercut or dovetailed upon its rearface, substantially as shown in the drawings, while the two opposingstuds, B B, are dovetailed or undercut on their inner faces only.

The locking device consists of a plate, 0, preferably constructed frommetal, having raised ends (l for receivin the handle (3 wherebyconduction of heat from the body to the handle is practically prevented,while at the same time the cool plate intervening between the end andthe heated body serves as a shield to the radiating heat of the body A.

At or near the central portion of the plate 0 is a slotted opening, forthe purpose of receiving the rocking gimbal-jointed lockinglever D. Thislever is jointed or hinged to the plate 0 by raised ears D attached toor forming a part of the plate 0, through which a shaft-pin, D connectssaid ears, and acts as a fulcrum, upon which swings the locking-lever.The longer arm of the locking-lever bears against the beveled face ofthe post B, operating in this manner to lock the plate 0 to the body A.The shorter arm of the lever is extended back of its fulcrum sufficientfor the application of a spring, E.

We are aware of the Patent No. 136,526, which was granted to Lovell,March 4, 1873, and'disclaim the construction shown in the same.

What we claim is In a sadirou, the combination, with the lugs B, whoseinner faces are undercut, and the lug B, whose rear face is undercut, ofthe plate 0, having bearings the counterpart of said undercut faces, andwith which they e11- gage, together with the leverD, whose longarinengages with the beveled inner face of lug B,

and spring E, which bears upwardly against the short arm of said lever,substantially as set forth.

In. testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two suhscribin g witnesses.

